BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 State Sen. Lisa Boscola announced Wednesday that the PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) has awarded three grants totaling $370,382 to assist crime victims and for a crime prevention program.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese grant awards will have a positive impact on our community through funding critical programs that assist crime victims and a youth mentoring program designed to develop strong, caring relationships and life skills for our region\u2019s youth,\u201d Senator Boscola stated.<\/p>\n
Grants through the programs listed below were approved Wednesday by PCCD, according to a news release:<\/p>\n
State Endowment Act Funds<\/p>\n
Lehigh County, Victim Advocacy for Lehigh County\u2019s Children, $100,000<\/p>\n
Endowment Act \u2013 DVSOs (Category 4)<\/p>\n
Crime Victims Council of the Lehigh Valley: Services for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse, $100,000<\/p>\n
State Violence and Delinquency Prevention Programs<\/p>\n
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley: Sports Buddies College Partnership Expansion, $170,382<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 State Sen. Lisa Boscola announced Wednesday that the PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,1391,805,434],"class_list":["post-216583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-bethlehem-area","tag-lehighvalley","tag-northampton-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}